On 21 November 2012 21:30, Andrea Pescetti <pesce...@apache.org> wrote:
> Jürgen Schmidt wrote: > >> I got the impression that the majority would support a >> 4.0 version as our next release. >> > > So do I. > > > Besides the next major release we should also continue the discussion on >> further language packs based on 3.4.1 to make the latest translations >> available as soon as possible. >> One way to make these language packs available would be to integrate the >> new translations on the AOO34 branch, build the language packs and a new >> source release based on this revision. The effort should be minimal >> > > Since we have no critical bugs in 3.4.1, I would keep using the 3.4.x > series until 4.0 is available. If a security issue emerges that suggests we > should make a new release, we will fix it and release 3.4.2; otherwise, I > would just keep adding new languages to 3.4.1 and make a couple of 4.0-beta > releases, to get better exposure and QA, rather than a 3.5 release. > > But the 3.4.x series must have some predictable schedule or this won't > work. For example, I would propose the following: > - We announce on ooo-l10n that 2 December is the first deadline for > integration of new languages in 3.4.1 > December 2 is very close, when I think of the work in progress on a number of languages, I would suggest end of the year. > - We integrate and build available new languages in the week after it (and > we already have two, Danish and Polish) > - Native-language teams do some QA > - We approve/publish the new builds and the new source release (a 3.4.1 > respin, rather than a 3.4.2, since this would confuse users) > Would it not be more confusing to change the 3.4.1 distribution files ? I would warmly suggest only to release language packs, since they are separate and do NOT change the existing distribution. > - We set a new deadline for new languages, and so on > > Regards, > Andrea. >
